| Comments on the Vivacious Marchioness |
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1 – 9 | They say that her third husband was a tiger. They do not speak of her second. |
10 – 19 | They say that she once took a steamer out to the Iron Republic, and came back the day before she left. |
20 – 29 | They say that she has a hat for every occasion; they say that she already has one picked out for your final funeral. |
30 – 39 | They say that she can never go back to Port Carnelian; they say that it has something to do with the bigamy laws there. |
40 – 49 | They say that she's related to a royal house on the Surface; some say the Hapsburgs; others believe the Savoy. |
50 – 59 | They say that she corresponds regularly with the Pope; they say that after reading her letters, His Holiness requires urgent confession. |
60 – 69 | They say that her first husband was a hero of the Season of Revolutions; they say that he was a lamplighter on Watchmaker's Hill. |
70 – 79 | They say that she was a princess, once; they say that her father would give all the money in Belgium for her safe return. |
80 – 89 | They say that she speaks in French on Tuesdays, German on Wednesdays. They say that nobody sees her on Thursdays. |
90 – 99 | They say that the Empress winces if her name is ever mentioned; they say that she takes tea in the Albion Wing on Sundays. |
100 | They say that she wears a wig, filled with the correspondence of her enemies; they that say Bishop of Southwark carried a lock of her hair into war. |